Editor's Note and Real Stories of Good Liturgy
Rochester Jazz—What does good liturgy look like? This is the first in a series of "Real Stories of Good Liturgy." From a member of a parish in Rochester, we read a sparkling description of a spectacular Jazz Mass. Carlos Mercado brings the downbeats alive.

The Shape of Liturgy is the Shape of Mission, by Joe Morris Doss
The mission of the church must be that which God is up to. It must be that cosmic, that important, that good. So begins Joe Morris Doss' inspiring article on how Justin Martyr's 2nd century description of liturgy reveals the heart of the Church's mission. How do we know that thanksgiving and justice are our mission in Christ? Our ancient liturgy reminds us every week, says Bp. Doss.

An Anglican/Emerging Church Synthesis, by Leslie Nipps
What implications does the emerging church have for Episcopal worship? This article by an investigative priest, moved by the missionary liveliness of the emerging church, describes the genius and weakness of this new movement, and how it might be a resource for the renewal of our own missional tradition.

The Lord Shall Watch Over Your Going Out and Your Coming In, by John Hill
The end and the beginning of our Eucharistic worship are not the bookends of the liturgy; they are, says John Hill, the bookends of our daily baptismal life. In that light, what intention do we bring to these vital moments in our common worship? How might we re-think our "gathering and sending" rites?

Sanctifying Time on a College Campus, by Amy McCreath
Chaplain's column—Where can we find active, creative re-imagining of Eucharistic community? Let's look the renewal of college and university chaplaincies says Amy McCreath, chaplain at MIT. This inaugural column describes the unique lifeways of college students, and how one campus ministry is celebrating and marking them. The first in a series.

Book Review
The International Anglican Liturgical Consultation (IALC) has been a leading voice in the development of the liturgy for over twenty years. Leonel Mitchell reviews an historical of this group and its work for the Anglican Communion.

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